Seriously Overpriced Cars

[mike74]

thebigmacmoomin said:

Surely you can only call it a replica if its also the correct colour

Exactly!

[Pommy]

aaron_2000 said:

Shnozz said:

thebigmacmoomin said:

The Orion Ghia was the performance model with the same 1.6 as the XR3i

and cheaper insurance. Which was why I saw a lot more friends and acquaintances of that era behind the wheel of Orion ghias rather than XR3is when we were <20.

I'd imagine more of a laugh to throw about too with that rear overhang.

Fwd so it was very much an understeer game.

[s m]

aaron_2000 said:

Shnozz said:

thebigmacmoomin said:

The Orion Ghia was the performance model with the same 1.6 as the XR3i

and cheaper insurance. Which was why I saw a lot more friends and acquaintances of that era behind the wheel of Orion ghias rather than XR3is when we were <20.

I'd imagine more of a laugh to throw about too with that rear overhang.

Bit softer on the suspension than the hatch as well






Pretty roomy in the back too for the size of car

[Krikkit]

davamer23 said:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...

I know these are getting thin on the ground but with the dry rotting tyres and dirty interior £3k is a tad optimistic. Plus I noticed the same vendor has a Golf for sale too and they were asking £4500 for the saxo previously.

I think that's about on the money assuming it's standard. Very hard to find good ones now, especially unmodded ones.

[Chris Stott]

Pommy said:

aaron_2000 said:

Shnozz said:

thebigmacmoomin said:

The Orion Ghia was the performance model with the same 1.6 as the XR3i

and cheaper insurance. Which was why I saw a lot more friends and acquaintances of that era behind the wheel of Orion ghias rather than XR3is when we were <20.

I'd imagine more of a laugh to throw about too with that rear overhang.

Fwd so it was very much an understeer game.

My 1.6I Ghia would lift off oversteer quite easily... though not as adjustable as a Pug 205.

[boyse7en]

s m said:

Bit softer on the suspension than the hatch as well






Pretty roomy in the back too for the size of car

Bit OT, and i know it has been caught at probably its best angle, but the Maestro is a good looking car compared to the Ford and Vauxhall rivals! Looks almost modern

[Greg the Fish]

boyse7en said:

Bit OT, and i know it has been caught at probably its best angle, but the Maestro is a good looking car compared to the Ford and Vauxhall rivals! Looks almost modern

Even though it's a Montego eh?

[s m]

Chris Stott said:

Pommy said:

aaron_2000 said:

Shnozz said:

thebigmacmoomin said:

The Orion Ghia was the performance model with the same 1.6 as the XR3i

and cheaper insurance. Which was why I saw a lot more friends and acquaintances of that era behind the wheel of Orion ghias rather than XR3is when we were <20.

I'd imagine more of a laugh to throw about too with that rear overhang.

Fwd so it was very much an understeer game.

My 1.6I Ghia would lift off oversteer quite easily... though not as adjustable as a Pug 205.

Early ones only had 175s on

[Chris Stott]

s m said:

Early ones only had 175s on

I had 2 mk2’s... 185/60’s on them IIRC.

[s m]

Chris Stott said:

s m said:

Early ones only had 175s on

I had 2 mk2’s... 185/60’s on them IIRC.

Yes, that's right - on 14s - same size as the XR3i
Did you have the pepperpot style alloys?

[Chris Stott]

s m said:

Yes, that's right - on 14s - same size as the XR3i
Did you have the pepperpot style alloys?

1st one I had was blue with white plastic wheel trims and spot lights. 2nd one was red with pepper pot alloys... I bought some spots for it and fitted them myself.

The pic is pretty much my 2nd one, except I don’t remember mine having a spoiler. Maybe it did... 30 years ago, and my memory’s not what it could be.

My 1st company car (at 21) was a base Sierra estate - 1.6 petrol, no cassette player, wind down windows etc. Ran that whilst training. Got an Orion when i got promoted to area manager 6 month later. Thought it was the DB’s at the time - leccy windows, wind back sunroof, headrests in the back, separate amp for the stereo... luxury!!

At the time I was doing c.2k miles a week, and our policy was new every 70k miles. So I had 2 in a year.

[s m]

Chris Stott said:

1st one I had was blue with white plastic wheel trims and spot lights. 2nd one was red with pepper pot alloys... I bought some spots for it and fitted them myself.

The pic is pretty much my 2nd one, except I don’t remember mine having a spoiler. Maybe it did... 30 years ago, and my memory’s not what it could be.

My 1st company car (at 21) was a base Sierra estate - 1.6 petrol, no cassette player, wind down windows etc. Ran that whilst training. Got an Orion when i got promoted to area manager 6 month later. Thought it was the DB’s at the time - leccy windows, wind back sunroof, headrests in the back, separate amp for the stereo... luxury!!

At the time I was doing c.2k miles a week, and our policy was new every 70k miles. So I had 2 in a year.

Surprisingly light for a 4-door saloon as well.

One of these with 4 big blokes on board ( and there was a decent amount of room in the back ) was lighter than an E21 323i BMW...……………..with no-one on board

[Jimmy Recard]

Krikkit said:

I think that's about on the money assuming it's standard. Very hard to find good ones now, especially unmodded ones.

Maybe a VTS, but I think that £3k is a bit high for any VTR surely?

[s m]

Chris Stott said:

The pic is pretty much my 2nd one, except I don’t remember mine having a spoiler. Maybe it did... 30 years ago, and my memory’s not what it could be.

I think your memory serves you well Chris

They didn’t have one as standard



However you could have one from the optional RS bodykit fitted from new at the dealer

[TREMAiNE]

s m said:

I absolutely love it when people post the original articles for old stuff like this... Are you lot just scanning in your mags or is there a website where I can see all of this stuff?

[Chris Stott]

s m said:

I think your memory serves you well Chris

They didn’t have one as standard

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However you could have one from the optional RS bodykit fitted from new at the dealer

Doubt our fleet manager would have signed off anything RS

Though I did manage to get him to add a Subaru Impreza Series McRae to the list some years later

[Steamer]

TREMAiNE said:

s m said:

I absolutely love it when people post the original articles for old stuff like this... Are you lot just scanning in your mags or is there a website where I can see all of this stuff?

If memory serves correct - I had that brochure, the photography was fantastic, quite substantial too as every model was featured - That would have been from the 1988 motorshow at the NEC.

[CRA1G]

Steamer said:

TREMAiNE said:

s m said:

I absolutely love it when people post the original articles for old stuff like this... Are you lot just scanning in your mags or is there a website where I can see all of this stuff?

If memory serves correct - I had that brochure, the photography was fantastic, quite substantial too as every model was featured - That would have been from the 1988 motorshow at the NEC.

I have that brochure... along with probably another 3000+ original brochures from the late 60's to early 90's Used to come back from motor shows and showrooms with my dad with bags full of them and just continued collecting them....

[s m]

Chris Stott said:

s m said:

I think your memory serves you well Chris

They didn’t have one as standard

However you could have one from the optional RS bodykit fitted from new at the dealer

Doubt our fleet manager would have signed off anything RS

Though I did manage to get him to add a Subaru Impreza Series McRae to the list some years later

Yeah, just thinking back I don’t think any of the faster Orions came with a rear spoiler.

When they were using all the old bits up for this shape at the end of the 80s/early 90, they did do the special edition Equipe with a rear spoiler



Put on the RS spoiler and 1600E type alloys but they didn’t get the 1.6i motor

[mat205125]

CRA1G said:

A1VDY said:

This is what I'll never get.
Being featured somewhere or being owned by a certain person does not make a car more valuable. It's still the same car..

It works both ways.... Jimmy Savile's Rolls Royce wasn't the same car after his conviction..... it plummeted in price and had to have two more owners on it just to remove his name from the V5....